1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season

	1949–50 Montreal Canadiens
Division	2nd NHL
1949–50 record	29-22-19
Goals for	172
Goals against	150
Team information
General manager	Frank J. Selke
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Emile Bouchard
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Maurice Richard (43)
Assists	Elmer Lach (33)
Points	Maurice Richard (65)
Penalty minutes	Maurice Richard (114)
Wins	Bill Durnan (26)
Goals against average	Gerry McNeil (1.50)
	← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season was the 41st season in club history. The Canadiens finished 2nd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals against New York Rangers 4 games to 1.

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	88	229	164
Montreal Canadiens	70	29	22	19	77	172	150
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	31	27	12	74	176	173
New York Rangers	70	28	31	11	67	170	189
Boston Bruins	70	22	32	16	60	198	228
Chicago Black Hawks	70	22	38	10	54	203	244

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 13, 1949	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	1–0–0
2	W	October 15, 1949	3–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	2–0–0
3	W	October 19, 1949	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	3–0–0
4	L	October 22, 1949	1–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	3–1–0
5	T	October 23, 1949	0–0	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	3–1–1
6	L	October 27, 1949	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	3–2–1
7	L	October 29, 1949	0–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	3–3–1
8	W	October 30, 1949	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	4–3–1
9	L	November 2, 1949	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	4–4–1
10	T	November 5, 1949	3–3	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	4–4–2
11	T	November 9, 1949	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	4–4–3
12	W	November 10, 1949	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	5–4–3
13	W	November 12, 1949	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	6–4–3
14	T	November 13, 1949	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	6–4–4
15	L	November 16, 1949	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	6–5–4
16	L	November 20, 1949	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	6–6–4
17	W	November 24, 1949	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	7–6–4
18	W	November 26, 1949	5–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	8–6–4
19	W	November 27, 1949	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	9–6–4
20	L	November 30, 1949	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	9–7–4
21	L	December 3, 1949	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	9–8–4
22	L	December 4, 1949	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	9–9–4
23	T	December 8, 1949	2–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	9–9–5
24	T	December 10, 1949	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	9–9–6
25	W	December 11, 1949	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	10–9–6
26	T	December 14, 1949	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	10–9–7
27	W	December 15, 1949	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	11–9–7
28	W	December 17, 1949	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	12–9–7
29	L	December 18, 1949	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	12–10–7
30	L	December 21, 1949	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	12–11–7
31	T	December 24, 1949	0–0	New York Rangers (1949–50)	12–11–8
32	L	December 25, 1949	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	12–12–8
33	T	December 28, 1949	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	12–12–9
34	W	December 31, 1949	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	13–12–9
35	L	January 1, 1950	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	13–13–9
36	W	January 5, 1950	5–3	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	14–13–9
37	L	January 7, 1950	1–3	New York Rangers (1949–50)	14–14–9
38	W	January 10, 1950	7–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	15–14–9
39	W	January 14, 1950	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	16–14–9
40	W	January 18, 1950	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	17–14–9
41	L	January 19, 1950	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	17–15–9
42	W	January 21, 1950	3–1	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	18–15–9
43	W	January 22, 1950	5–4	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	19–15–9
44	T	January 26, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–15–10
45	T	January 28, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–15–11
46	L	January 29, 1950	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	19–16–11
47	T	February 1, 1950	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	19–16–12
48	W	February 2, 1950	4–1	New York Rangers (1949–50)	20–16–12
49	L	February 4, 1950	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	20–17–12
50	W	February 5, 1950	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	21–17–12
51	L	February 11, 1950	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–18–12
52	T	February 12, 1950	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	21–18–13
53	T	February 16, 1950	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–18–14
54	L	February 18, 1950	2–4	New York Rangers (1949–50)	21–19–14
55	L	February 20, 1950	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	21–20–14
56	T	February 23, 1950	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	21–20–15
57	W	February 25, 1950	3–2	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	22–20–15
58	L	March 2, 1950	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	22–21–15
59	W	March 4, 1950	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	23–21–15
60	T	March 6, 1950	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	23–21–16
61	T	March 9, 1950	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	23–21–17
62	W	March 11, 1950	5–0	Boston Bruins (1949–50)	24–21–17
63	W	March 12, 1950	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	25–21–17
64	L	March 15, 1950	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	25–22–17
65	T	March 16, 1950	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50)	25–22–18
66	W	March 18, 1950	5–3	New York Rangers (1949–50)	26–22–18
67	W	March 19, 1950	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1949–50)	27–22–18
68	W	March 22, 1950	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	28–22–18
69	W	March 25, 1950	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	29–22–18
70	T	March 26, 1950	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50)	29–22–19

Playoffs[]

New York Rangers 4, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

1950-Mar29-Rayner — Charlie Rayner foils the Canadiens, Game 1 of the 1950 Semi-finals, March 29, 1950.

Unlike in the previous season, the Montreal Canadiens were favorites as they entered the Semi-finals against the New York Rangers. Right from the start, New York served notice that the series will not be an easy victory. The Rangers win the first two games in Montreal to take a 2-0 series lead. As the series shifted to Madison Square Garden, the Rangers claimed a 4-1 win in the third game to put the Canadiens in a huge hole. To shake up his team, Montreal coach Dick Irvin pulled Bill Durnan from the net after the loss and replaced him with Gerry McNeil. The move worked as the Canadiens won 3-2 win in overtime in the fourth game as Elmer Lach delivered the winning goal. The Rangers completed their upset in five games with a 3-0 victory in the next game. Center Norm Dussault shone in the series with three goals after scoring only 13 during the regular season.

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	70	43	22	65	114
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	64	15	33	48	33
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	68	19	26	45	48
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault	C	67	13	24	37	22
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle	RW	70	19	10	29	18
Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	67	1	27	28	109
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	67	15	12	27	42
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	70	4	20	24	76
Riopelle, RipRip Riopelle	LW	66	12	8	20	27
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	62	3	16	19	28
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay	LW	52	8	10	18	44
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	49	8	8	16	8
Leger, RogerRoger Leger	D	55	3	12	15	21
Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick	RW	26	2	6	8	19
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	69	1	7	8	88
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon	LW	37	1	5	6	0
Fillion, BobBob Fillion	LW	57	1	3	4	8
Dube, GillesGilles Dube	LW	12	1	2	3	2
Hirschfeld, BertBert Hirschfeld	LW	13	1	2	3	2
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	11	1	1	2	2
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	D	30	0	2	2	21
Fryday, BobBob Fryday	RW	2	1	0	1	0
Denis, LuluLulu Denis	RW	2	0	1	1	0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	64	0	1	1	2
Frampton, BobBob Frampton	LW	2	0	0	0	0
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	G	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	3840	64	26	21	17	141	2.20	8
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	360	6	3	1	2	9	1.50	1
Team:	4200	70	29	22	19	150	2.14	9

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault	C	5	3	1	4	0
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	5	1	2	3	4
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	5	1	1	2	6
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	5	0	2	2	2
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	5	0	2	2	10
Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	2	0	2	2	12
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	5	1	0	1	2
Hirschfeld, BertBert Hirschfeld	LW	5	1	0	1	0
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	5	0	1	1	21
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay	LW	5	0	1	1	2
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon	LW	3	0	1	1	2
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	4	0	1	1	0
Riopelle, RipRip Riopelle	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	1	0	0	0	0
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	D	2	0	0	0	0
Meger, PaulPaul Meger	LW	2	0	0	0	2
Frampton, BobBob Frampton	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Leger, RogerRoger Leger	D	4	0	0	0	2
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	5	0	0	0	12
Fillion, BobBob Fillion	LW	5	0	0	0	0
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	G	2	0	0	0	0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	135	2	1	1	5	2.22
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	180	3	0	3	10	3.33
Team:	315	5	1	4	15	2.86

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records[]

Vezina Trophy: Bill Durnan
Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Ken Reardon, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
Bill Durnan, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star

Transactions[]

Farm Teams[]

Gallery[]

Video[]

Over 30 minutes of game footage from the Semi-finals and Finals including the presentation of the Stanley Cup.

NHL 1950 SC Final HL DET NYR

References[]

↑ 1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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1949–50 NHL season by team
Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto
See also	All-Star Game • 1950 Stanley Cup Finals

1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

New York Rangers 4, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Farm Teams[]

Gallery[]

Video[]

See Also[]

References[]